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ThinkProgress provides a brief and damning explanation of why extreme right-wing Justice Antonin Scalia should recuse himself from a case in the next week which deals with Gitmo Detainees. Essentially Scalia has already said that his mind is made up about the case (he believes detainees have no constitutional rights, and do not have the right to a jury trial). Meanwhile, U.S. Code dictates that in any situation where a judge’s ability to take on a case with impartiality is reasonably questioned, it is his responsibility to recuse himself. Or herself. But you know, Scalia ain’t no lady. ThinkProgress lays out facts (and Scalias recent quotes), which you can read here.

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